hugger-mug

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• Hugger-mugger — Hug ger mug ger, n. [Scot. huggrie muggrie; Prov. E. hugger to lie in ambush, mug mist, muggard sullen.] 1. Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger mugger, with haste and secrecy. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Many things have been done in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hugger-mugger — Hug ger mug ger, a. 1. Secret; clandestine; sly. [1913 Webster] 2. Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger mugger doings. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hugger-muggery — g(ə)rē, ri noun ( es) : hugger mugger 1 * * * /hug euhr mug euh ree/, n., pl. hugger mugger ies. hugger mugger (defs. 1, 2). [HUGGER MUGGER + Y3] …   Useful english dictionary

• hugger-muggery — /hug euhr mug euh ree/, n., pl. hugger mugger ies. hugger mugger (defs. 1, 2). [HUGGER MUGGER + Y3] * * * …   Universalium

• hugger-mugger — /hug euhr mug euhr/, n. 1. disorder or confusion; muddle. 2. secrecy; reticence: Why is there such hugger mugger about the scheme? adj. 3. secret or clandestine. 4. disorderly or confused. v.t. 5. to keep secret or concealed; hush up. v.i. 6. to… …   Universalium

• hugger-mugger — hug•ger mug•ger [[t]ˈhʌg ərˌmʌg ər[/t]] n. 1) disorder or confusion; muddle 2) secrecy; reticence 3) secret or clandestine 4) disorderly or confused 5) in a stealthy or disorderly manner; secretively or confusedly 6) to keep secret or concealed;… …   From formal English to slang

• hug|ger-mug|ger — «HUHG uhr MUHG uhr», noun, adjective, adverb, verb. –n. 1. confusion; disorder; muddle: »In the hugger mugger of their hasty departure they had forgotten the dog. 2. Archaic. secrecy; concealment: »We have done but greenly, In hugger mugger to… …   Useful english dictionary

• гоголь-моголь — средство против хрипоты из яиц и сахара , также гогель могель (петерб.), гогаль могаль, смол. (Добровольский). Согласно Мирза Джафару (Сб. Вс. Миллеру 313), заимств. из англ. hug mug, hugger mugger, о котором см. Чемберс, Et. Dict. 237. ••… …   Этимологический словарь русского языка Макса Фасмера